Sunday, September 20, 2015

This Week in Reading - September 20

What I Got:

It's been another slow week around here book-wise! I haven't made any new NetGalley requests though I have 2 still pending. Why do some requests take soooo long? I managed to escape the library without picking up any new books for me and I'm actually starting to feel like I'm making some progress with my review books.

So what to do as a reward? Buy a book! Makes total sense right? I've been wanting to try the Celebration Bay series by Shelley Freydont since I saw the first review on the series and I've been wanting to read more Halloween-y type books for the month of October. Factor those in with the fact Amazon had Trick or Deceit for $4 and I couldn't resist! I'm excited to try this one especially since I read the first book in her new historical mystery series and really enjoyed it.

Currently:

Reading:The Liar by Nora Roberts (loving it!) and All I Want by Jill Shalvis

Listening: I'm almost done with The Weed That Strings a Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley which is the 2nd Flavia de Luce. I'm trying to decide what to listen to next.

Watching: I'm still finishing up last season's series finale. All I've got left is NCIS and Elementary.

Off the Blog:

A few weeks ago I mentioned I was baking a Banana Cake with Hot Fudge frosting and said I would report back. I'm just now getting around to that and I'm pleased to say it was delicious! The cake has a very banana bread flavor but is lighter than banana bread and the hot fudge was really great with it. I did leave out a little more than a cup of the powdered sugar which made the frosting more like a glaze but since it's in a 9x13 it worked out. I think with the full amount of sugar it would've been way too sweet for me. It was a fun change from the standard birthday cake and didn't last long!

Emma got a job with the athletic department at her University which is turning out interesting. She basically makes sure athletes go to class. The funny thing is that because it's through the athletic department itself she had to sign all this stuff saying she wouldn't date an athlete or give them any gifts. Paul also has a new job after working for over a year at McDonalds. He's still in food service but now at more of a deli that has the most insanely good avocado garlic spread and I'm not even a particularly huge avocado fan! He's enjoying it much more and no longer smells like french fries which is definitely a plus.

The Tornado is enjoying kindergarten and is has his first field trip coming up to a big local farm and pumpkin patch. We decided to keep him in the private school where he went to preschool and I'm really glad we did. The public school he'll be in next year is excellent but I'm glad he's not gone for quite as long during the day for now.

I want t read some October-y stuff too, I'm starting to get in that fall mode where I want mysteries and that kind of stuff. I also broke down and added Netgalley this week, although I haven't requested anything yet. I really hope I don't go overboard in the future!

And Emma's job sounds interesting... getting the athletes to class. I'm surprised they're worried about her dating them... I guess then her credibility would suffer, but it seems to be a strange clause to include!

Getting athletes to class sounds like it might be a hard job! And I gotta say, signing the waiver sounds like the plot of NA book :DI hate when NetGalley requests pend forever like that as they can still go either way. I'd rather know!

Trick or Deceit sounds good, and i hope you'll enjoy it!How will Emma be able to ensure the athletes actually get to class? I hope she'll enjoy her job, and that the athletes won't make things difficult for her.Have a fantastic week ahead and happy reading.

The Halloween cover is cute. Sounds like a fun book. My husband worked at McDonald's when he was a teen and I remember that smell. He had a the most eye-popping uniform. Bright green or bright yellow, the colors of his particular McD - of course this was in the '70's. LOL

Interesting job for your daughter. Seems a shame that someone has to 'make sure' athletes go to class. Do they provide that service for all students? 'wink, wink'

Oh that does sound like quite a uniform! Now it's all black with the gold logo on it. I think because the school's sport program is pretty high profile they had to put a lot of rules in place. It's pretty funny!

There was a good sale (through today I think) at Audible if you need a good listen. I have a "Candy Corn" book on my NG that I should get my brain inn gear and read. I think at NG it is a case that who ever is supposed to do the approvals for that publisher does not. Maybe you could email them if there is a link on the blurb.

Trick or Deceit sounds really cute and perfect for a Halloween read. I love the Flavia de Luce series, Bradley's novels/characters are so entertaining and always get a kick out of Flavia outsmarting the adults. I hope you have been enjoying it and have a great week!

Oh Banana Cake! My daughter loves banana will need to pin the recipe to make soon. Congrats you the jobs for your kids, does your son want to be a chef? He is at a good start if he wanted toI need more Halloween books but I don't think I will be able to get to them for this year. I will probably stock up for next year. :)

I don't know if he knows what he wants to be yet though he does like food. Right now he's talking military and I'm in denial. I definitely recommend the cake! Not only is it tasty but it's pretty easy!

I love Nora Roberts but I got the audio of The Liar from the library and couldn't get into it! :( I've got All I Want on my TBR list. I adore Jill Shalvis and I can't wait to see her version of Women's Fiction! I'm a big HR fan so I'll be checking out that top ten list!

I've gotten into banana things recently and this was pretty tasty! It's pretty easy as well.I'm looking forward to the pumpkin patch! There's lots of animals and it's always a good time.Stay away from Netgalley for as long as you can! It's an evil temptress !

The sweetness at the bottom of the pie is at my library, I need to borrow it :) It looks like your kids are doing good ! Enjoy the banana cake and avocado spread (I'm drooling here), have a great week !

Trick or Deceit looks like a fun read. Congrats to Paul on the new job and the first field-trip sounds so exciting for the Tornado. That banana cake sounds so good. As soon as I can afford some fudge it shall be mine. My daughter makes banana bread all the time, she loves to bake and agreed fudge on top sounded good. Have a great week!

Oh, that Halloween-themed cozy looks like fun and the banana cake sounds delicious! I can sympathize with you over the french-fry smell; I was an assistant manager for McD's for a year several decades ago, and I always came home smelling of the frying oil. Hope you have a wonderful week and that you're enjoying The Liar!

Cute cover on Trick or Deceit and I get where you're coming from, you totally deserved a new book :) ... I behaved myself on NetGalley but the same cannot be said for audible, but in my defense I had credits to use lol. Glad the kid's jobs are going well and same for Tornado at Kindergarten, the first field trip sounds like fun. Have a wonderful week Katherine!